Powder puff



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POWDER PUFF Filed Dec. 11, 1939- (fa/222,5. Vp'Zd INVENTOR ATTORN EYSPatented Apr. 1, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE POWDER PUFF John S.Vild, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application December 11, 1939, Serial No. 308,694

3 Claims.

The invention relates to a powder puff and more especially to apowder-contained puff.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a puff of thischaracter, wherein a container for powder'is built within the body ofsuch puff so that when the latter is in use powder can be dispensedthereby for the convenient application of the same onto the face of auser of the puff and in this manner eliminating undue waste of thepowder through application thereof in the usual well-known manner.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a pufi of thischaracter, wherein the container for the powder is of a collapsibleformation and serving, when actuated, for the discharge of powderdirectly from the pufi and in this way eliminating the necessity ofacquiring the powder from a separate container as is customary.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a pufi of thischaracter, wherein the same in its construction is novel in theentirety, being such as to enable the carrying of the powder within thepull" and for the application of the powder durin the use of such puif.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a puff ofthis character, which is simple in its construction, readily and easilymanipulated for the placement of powder in the use of the puff,thoroughly reliable and efl'icient in operation, convenient for thecarriage thereof upon the person or in wearing garments, the pocketbookor other place for convenient storage of the same, and inexpensive tomanufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thefeatures of construction,

combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses thepreferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claimshereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view partly in section of a sponding parts throughoutthe several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates generally a powder puffof the style employed by women for the application of powder to theperson and comprises a textile body 5 made from a fabric section shapedinto a bag, sack or the like, being circular in contour and havingwithin a padding or filler 6 of loose cotton batting or othercompressible puff forming material.

This body 5 exteriorly thereof is provided with a velvety or soft piledouter facing or surface I as is usual in the ordinary puffs for powderapplication, the body 5 being freely flexible for compressing of thefiller 6 within andis shaped in addition to the circular formationthereof to have a slightly flattened characteristic.

Built within the body 5, preferably centrally thereof, is a powdercontainer B comprising an extensible and contractible cylindrical body'8 for bellows-like action, carrying at an open end 9 thereof aremovable cover or cap Ill, being accessible exteriorly of the said body5 and in this instance is detachably threaded at II to a mouth ring orrim assembly I2 fitted to the open end 9 of said body 8, while the otherend I3 of the said body 8 has provided therein a plurality of dischargeorifices or openings I4, this being the discharge or delivery end of thecontainer B for the powder. The powder I5 is introduced into the body 8through the open end 9 thereof on removal of the cap Ill. The end I3having the orifices or openings I4 has disposed thereover a Wire meshnetting or screen It which is disposed in underlying relation to thebody 5 at the area thereof next to the said end I3 of the body 8. Thisnetting or screen It is sandwiched or placed between the body 5 and theend I3 of the body 8 and is held in such placement in any suitablemanner. Within the body 8 is a coiled compression spring I'I being atrest against the end I3 and also against an in-turned annular flange I8bent from the rim or ring assembly I2 and this spring I! normallyextends the body 8 as is clearly shown in Figures 2 and 4 of thedrawing.

Now when pressure is applied to the cap Ill the body 8, which is ofpliable material, will become partially collapsed or bellowed so thatthe powder I5 within the said body will be discharged through theorifioes'or openings I4 and this discharge of powder will seep throughthe body 5 for application to the skin of a person in the use of thepuff. Thus the necessity for the dipping of the puff into a quantity ofpowder within a container separate from said puff is entirely avoided sothat the puff as before described will supply powder in the use of saidpufi and in the manner as hereinbefore set forth. The seepage of thepowder through the body 5 takes place through the interstices of thefabric resultant from the weave of such fabric from which the body 5 ofthe puff is made.

The body 8 of the container B for the powder I5 is secured in placeWithin the body 5 of the, puff in any suitable manner, the said body 8being extended through a clearance provided in one side of the puff body5. The body 5 of the puff A can be internally reinforced or constructedfrom a material having the required stiffness yet inherently pliable orflexible so that in its asso- 1 known constructions of powder puffs.

The puif constructed as before described enables the carriage of powderwithin it and the application of the powder concurrently with the use ofsaid pufi to the skin of a person and in this way avoiding oreliminating the clipping of the puff into powder or otherwiseapplication of the powder to said puff from a separate and independentcontainer for the powder.

What is claimed is:

1. A puif of the kind described comprising a flexible body having anexternal velvety surface and flattened, a contractible container builtwithin said body and having an open end and an opposite perforated end,the perforated end being arranged in confronting close relation to saidbody and the open end exposed exteriorly of the body, a cap removablyfitted to said body for closing its open end, and compressible meanswithin the container for normally extending the same.

2. A puff of the kind described comprising a flexible body having anexternal velvety surface and flattened, a contractible container builtWithin said body and having an open end and an opposite perforated end,the perforated end being arranged in confronting close relation to saidbody and the open end exposed exteriorly of the body, a cap removablyfitted to said body for closing its open end, compressible means withinthe container for normally extending the same, and a pliable fillerwithin the body and about the said container.

3. The combination of a powder puff body, a substantially cylindricalcompressible container built Within said body for receiving powder andhaving a perforated discharge end confronting the said body for deliveryof contents of said container through its perforations to without thebody, the other end of said container being accessible for the fillingthereof.

- JOHN S. VILD.

